The results are in for the Queen Extravaganza, and unfortunately, Richie was not chosen. However, he had an excellent time auditioning in Los Angeles and meeting Roger Taylor. Video from Richie's Los Angeles audition are available for you to watch on youtube

November 29, 2011

Thanks to the internet vote, Richie Castellano has made it to the FINALS in the Queen Extravaganza contest! He will now fly to Los Angeles on December 5 to play live in front of Roger Taylor and the other judges, in hopes of being chosen to participate in the Queen Extravaganza tour. You can view a video of his audition here on youtube!
We wait on pins and needles awaiting the final decision. Go Richie!
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November 18, 2011

Richie Castellano has entered the Queen Extravaganza contest, the winners of which will participate in an international tour playing the songs of Queen with Queen drummer Roger Taylor, who is acting as producer and music director of the tour.
As part of this year's celebration of Queen's 40th anniversary, Queen drummer/songwriter/singer Roger Taylor is launching an American talent search that will offer vocalists and musicians the opportunity to star in the 2012 Queen Extravaganza Live Tour.

The first round has already happened, in which quarter-finalists are chosen by the contest directors.
Now it's up to an internet vote for choosing the semi-finalists, and Richie is one of the candidates!
To see Richie's audition video on youtube, click here (or go to the Queen Extravaganza site, click on the auditions, and filter by guitarists), and vote for Richie!
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November 6, 2011

The movie "Roadie," which follows the story of a fictional roadie for Blue Öyster Cult and played at film festivals earlier this year is on track for a January 2012 DVD release. Director Michael Cuesta is a big BÖC fan, and he pays tribute by using them as a canvas for this story.
Here is a brief synopsis:
"Canned from a 20-year job as roadie for Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy is broke and desperate. With nowhere else to go, he returns home to Forest Hills, Queens to visit his aging mother, where a wild night with some hard-partying high school friends shows him that some things never change."
View the clips at http://www.magpictures.com/roadie.

The movie is available On Demand, or in theatres January 2.

September 29, 2011

There will be a "complete box set" of Blue Öyster Cult's recordings released in 2012. The box set will include two bonus discs and three unreleased demos. It is unknown whether the recordings will be remastered or not. Watch here for further news!

July 8, 2011

Richie Castellano has written a new song called "Shazam", and recorded it with Jules and Danny Miranda. They created a "recording of" video that you can watch on YouTube.